Car-axle box.



No. 665,268. Patented Jan. I, l90l. W. F. RICHARDS.

CAB A'XLE BOX.

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No. 665,268. Patented Jan. I, l90l.

W. F. RICHARDS.

CAR AXLE BOX.

A lication filed Sept. 21, 1900.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD F. RICHARDS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOULD COUPLER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-AXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,268, dated January 1, 1901.

' Application filed September 21, 1900. Serial No. 30,708. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD F. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful lmprovementin Oar-Axle Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of car-axle boxes in which the lid is hinged to the box at its upper end.

The object of my invention is to so construct the box and lid that a reliable dustproof joint is obtained between these parts, regardless of any looseness or imperfect fitting of the pintle-pin of the lid.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of an axle-box provided with my improvement, showing the lid closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lid open. Fig. 3 is a front view of the box with the lid closed. Fig. 4 is a similar view-with the lid open.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A is the -usual filling-opening of the axlebox, and B the lid hinged to the same by the pintle-pin b, which passes through the usual eyes 0, formed at the upper end of the lid and the perforated upright lug (1, arranged centrally at the top of the box.

E is the lid-spring, arranged on the inner side of the lid and secured at its lower end to the same. In the construction shown in the drawings the pintle-lug (Z is provided in its under side with an opening f, in which the free upper end of the lid-spring engages when the lid is closed, and the front side of the lug is formed with an eccentric or camface f, against which the free end of the spring bears when the lid is opened, so as to hold the lid in any desired position.

The filling-opening A is provided with a raised marginal rim a, which is provided around its four sides with a rabbet or recess a, in which the lid is seated or countersunk when closed. The inner face of the rabbeted rim is beveled, and the edge of the lid is correspondingly beveled, so as to fit closely into the rim, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The upper portion of the flange a*, which forms the bottom of the rabbet a, is cut away in line with the lid-spring E, as shown at a in Figs. 1 and 4, to form an opening for the passage of the spring; but the portion'a, of the beveled rim-face arranged above said opening is unbroken, like the other three sides of said rim, the portion of said rim directly above the opening a being formed by the face of the pintle-lug d, which is flush with the upper portion of the rim. By this construction a continuous beveled bearing-face for the beveled edge of the lid is formed around the four sides of the filling-opening, thereby effectually preventing the entrance of dust at the base of the pintle-lug d, as well as at the bottom and sides of the lid. The beveled construction of the lid and the edge of the filling-opening insures a close seating of the lid in the opening, irrespective of any looseness of the pintle-pin due to imperfections in the castings, inasmuch as the contiguous beveled edges of the lid and the filling-opening center the lid and cause the same to fit squarely in the opening.

g is the lifting lip or tongue, arranged at the lower end of the lid. This lip extends below the lower edge of the filling-opening and is raised sufficiently to allow the lid to be closed without the necessity of recessing the adjacent portion of the rim a, forming a dust-proof joint along the lower edge of the lid as well as at its other three sides.

I claim as my in.vention 1. The combination with the body of a caraxle box provided at its top with a pintle-lug and having its filling-opening provided with a raised marginal rim having a beveled inner face, said beveled rim extending continuously around the bottom and sides of the fillingopening and across the front side of said pintle-lug, and a hinged lid provided with a beveled edge which fits into said beveled rim, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the body of acaraxle box having its filling-opening provided with a raised marginal rim which is provided with a beveled inner face and which is un- I Witness my hand this 19th day of Septembroken along the lower edge of the fillingopening, of a hinged lid having a beveled edge which fits into said rim, and provided at 5 its lower edge with a raised lifting-lip which I Witnesses:

extends below said filling-opening, subsban- JNO. J. BONNER,

tially as set; forth. 1

her, 1900.

WILLARD F. RICHARDS.

CARL F. GEYER. 

